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 Breckland - Definition 

Breckland District
Breckland
Shown within Norfolk
Geography
Status:District
Region:East of England
Admin. County:Norfolk
Area:
- Total
Ranked 12th
1,305.12 km²
Admin. HQ:Dereham
ONS code:33UB
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density
Ranked 152nd
122,153
94 / km²
Ethnicity:98.5% White
Politics
Breckland District Council
http://www.breckland.gov.uk/
Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
Executive:Conservative
MPs:Keith Simpson, Gillian Shephard

Breckland is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Dereham.

It was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the borough of Thetford, the urban districts of East Dereham, and Swaffham, and Wayland Rural District, Mitford and Launditch Rural District and Swaffham Rural District.



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Babergh | Basildon | Bedford | Braintree | Breckland | Brentwood | Broadland | Broxbourne | Cambridge | Castle Point | Chelmsford | Colchester | Dacorum | East Cambridgeshire | East Hertfordshire | Epping Forest | Fenland | Forest Heath | Great Yarmouth | Harlow | Hertsmere | Huntingdonshire | Ipswich | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Luton | Maldon | Mid Bedfordshire | Mid Suffolk | North Hertfordshire | North Norfolk | Norwich | Peterborough | Rochford | St Albans | St Edmundsbury | South Bedfordshire | South Cambridgeshire | Southend-on-Sea | South Norfolk | Stevenage | Suffolk Coastal | Tendring | Three Rivers | Thurrock | Uttlesford | Watford | Waveney | Welwyn Hatfield

Administrative counties with multiple districts: Bedfordshire - Cambridgeshire - Essex - Hertfordshire - Norfolk - Suffolk


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